The disturbing and tragic tale of the inner struggle of the woman known to the world as Marilyn Monroe. While the public persona was animated and vivacious, the inner child, Norma Jeane, was afraid of the success and desperate to end it. To emphasize the dual nature of Monroe's personality, director Tim Fywell cast two different actresses--Ashley Judd as needy ingenue Norma Jeane, Mira Sorvino as glam bombshell Marilyn--resulting in an unsettling and surreal psychological portrait of the doomed starlet.
This intriguing telefilm employs Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino to portray two sides of a very troubled woman.
Before Marilyn Monroe became the most well-known sex goddess of her time, she was the dark-haired and extremely ambitious Norma Jean Mortenson, willing to use and bed anyone to become a Hollywood star.
Ultimately, plastic surgery, a breathier voice, and a name change transformed Norma Jean into Marilyn Monroe. Movie roles, fame and sex symbol status soon followed, but her personal life was a wreck.
However, "Marilyn" never lost touch with "Norma Jean," who tried to guide her career and personal life. Norma Jean, unhappy with what "Marilyn" had done with their life, berated and advised her alter ego for better AND for worse. Only in death would the two personalities be truly reconciled...
Originally broadcast on HBO May 18, 1996.
Shot on location in Los Angeles, California.
Co-produced by Caravel Entertainment.
Additional cast: John Apicella; Robert Alan Beuth; Frank Birney; Kevin Bourland; Ardie Bryant; Nancy Linehan Charles (Bette Davis); Lou Cuttel; Artur Cybulski; Joe d'Angerio; Marianne Davis; Bebe Drake; Ellerine; Edith Fields; Yvette Freeman; David Drew Gallagher; Jimm Giannini; Kevin Goetz; Ian Gregory; Alex Hentelhoff; Lise Hilboldt; Sandra Ellis Lafferty; Marc Lynn; Scott Menville; Herb Mitchell; Virginia Morris; Marianne Muellerleile; Kelsey Mulrooney; Terrence O'Connor; Adam Paul; Howard Platt; Eric Poppick; Mary Porster; Peter Sands; Sam Shamshak; Carol Swarbrick; Warren Sweeney; Rosie Taravella; Wendy Worthington.
Copyright 1996 Home Box Office, a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Director of Photography
John Thomas: Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Marvin Worth: Producer
Source Writer
Anthony Summers: Source Writer, NORMA JEAN AND MARILYN
Production Designer
Cynthia Charette:
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